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I think it's a good idea to have a location field under the username to say where you are from. Different provinces/countries have different rules and regulations and laws and when we discuss financial topics, it may be a good idea to consider where a particular poster is hailing from.

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I think it's a good idea to have a location field under the username to say where you are from. Different provinces/countries have different rules and regulations and laws and when we discuss financial topics, it may be a good idea to consider where a particular poster is hailing from.

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I think it's a good idea to have a location field under the username to say where you are from. Different provinces/countries have different rules and regulations and laws and when we discuss financial topics, it may be a good idea to consider where a particular poster is hailing from.

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The thread "Members Survey" under Money Topics got me thinking it would be nice to know the gender of posters. With so many not using avatars and with ambiguous 'handles', there is no way of knowing if a poster is M or F.

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Posts that simply say +1 are not helpful to meaningful discussion and I am disappointed that the mods considered such a request. But I guess some people need to feel important.

If you agree with something, say so, but you should at least be willing and able to spend a moment telling why you agree. And even that is questionable. Otherwise we're just clogging up the threads with all sorts of nonsense quoting and +1 posting. It adds to the noise and lowers the quality of the forum.

Also, what's with all the requests to have us post information lately? I do not feel that the gender of a poster is particularly relevant. I know forums have numerous options for filling in info, it's right there in the user profile if the user chose to fill it in (almost never), I just don't see why we need to clog up each and every forum post with this additional info.

... I do not feel that the gender of a poster is particularly relevant. I know forums have numerous options for filling in info, it's right there in the user profile if the user chose to fill it in (almost never) ...

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I do admit that having an idea of some peoples # (networth, age, income, etc) help me put it into context to where they are coming from. Also, I have to admit rightly or wrongly, I am more likely to take the advice of someone who seems to be where I want to be. I find it hard to take financial advice from people who are in debt, or have problems managing their money in real life. Not that they may not have good advice, but it's just less credible to me.

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Also, I have to admit rightly or wrongly, I am more likely to take the advice of someone who seems to be where I want to be. I find it hard to take financial advice from people who are in debt, or have problems managing their money in real life. Not that they may not have good advice, but it's just less credible to me.

I think the gender thing is not really a "need to know" basis, but more of a "nice to know" thing.

PA, in regards to your last few statements, I don't think that is just you. I would not feel comfortable listening to anyone with debt on how to manage money. If they could manage so well, they would'nt be in debt (unless of course there was some unavoidable, tragic reason).

You wouldn't ask your neighbour how to relieve your sickness if they werent a doctor or haven't had that sickness in the past, would you? Likewise, you wouldn't find it extremely helpful/credible to listen to someone tell you how to manage money if they have none.

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Posts that simply say +1 are not helpful to meaningful discussion and I am disappointed that the mods considered such a request. But I guess some people need to feel important.

If you agree with something, say so, but you should at least be willing and able to spend a moment telling why you agree. And even that is questionable. Otherwise we're just clogging up the threads with all sorts of nonsense quoting and +1 posting. It adds to the noise and lowers the quality of the forum.

+1 is perfectly acceptable forum etiquete all over the interwebz. Why should CMF be different because of your OCD? If you're in a room of people and they all agree with someone's statement, that means something to me! It's less noise than everyone saying the same thing

Noise is when you complain about quoting and other nit picky things repeatedly off topic in every other thread.

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I didn't mean that people needed to post all their personal information to post (I don't have much personal stuff here). I just meant that sometimes by having more information on a poster, it helps me understand their context and where they are coming from.

I am less likely to have the same weighting a 21 yr single, male with out kids, just starting in their career, when asking about the costs associated with kids, etc. No different on the parenting forum I am on, I don't have a lot of credibility to the never married, no kids, 50 year old man who posts on raising children. He's welcome to post all he wants, but I really have to scrutinize what his advice is saying, as it's all from a theorectical University of Google standpoint.

I think the information is all about getting some context, for me not necessarily who can or cannot post, because for someone else, the persons advice is exactly where they are looking for.

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